Our Project Documents
Prioritisation Framework
Are we best placed to answer this challenge?
All projects are scored via our Prioritisation Framework to ensure they are being proposed for the right reasons and align to the Collaborative's values and ways of working.
Project Initiation Document
Who, what, when, how does the project work?
The PID is a comprehensive document of key information about the project. This includes elements such as the data management plan and budget. We will also carry out a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) at this stage.
Governance Approval
Do the partner organisations support this initiative?
Each project must complete a project summary template that we present to our governance boards for approval. This is a high level summary of the project scope, plan, timeline, budget and intended impacts.
Legals at a Glance
What have we all signed up to?
Legal contracts can often be difficult to understand - that's why we create a summary sheet of key legal information the project team should be aware of. We circulate this across the whole project team.
Safeguarding Training
What are our responsibilities towards every child?
All project teams must sign our safeguarding statement as standard. We also have bespoke training, created with UNICEFF UK, for our more complex projects.
Ethical Assessment
Are we doing the right thing in the right way?
Our ethical assessment has been designed to capture the ethical challenges of working on data science projects for children. Each project will complete three ethical check-ins at relevant points throughout the project lifecycle.
*We are updating our ethics documentation, and our Ethics Journal will be ready for sharing soon. In the meantime, you can check out our Ethical Assessment, the precursor to the journal.
Youth Participation
How do we meaningfully engage young people?
It is important to us that each project considers the value of youth participation. We have created a workbook that will guide a team through the necessary steps to decide if youth participation is appropriate for the project, and how to develop a plan to ensure it is carried out in a meaningful way.
Impact Statement
What did the project achieve, and what lessons have we learned?
At the end of a project, we will work with the team to create an impact statement that details the project's achievements, lessons learned and any next steps to action.